Lock-socket for whips.



A. J. EVANS.

LOCK SOCKET FOR WHIPS.

APPLICATION men mLYI, I914.

1,134,599, Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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UNKTEED sia'rasraranr orrioa ARTHUR JAMES, EVANS, F BEACH, NORTH DAKQTA.

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To all whom it may concern:

' Evans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beach, in the county of Billings, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock- Sockets for Whips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to lock sockets for whips.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a whip socket embodying an improved construction whereby the whip may be placed therein and removed therefrom at will or placed therein and locked against removal to prevent same from being stolen.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a lock whip socket which will be simple in construction, eflicient in use, and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. a

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a whip socket constructed in accordance with the invention and showing same attached to the dash board of a vehicle and a whip locked therein; Fig. 2, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings the improved whip socket is shown as comprising a cylindrical casing 10 having secured thereto a bracket 11 by means of which it may be conveniently attached to the dash board of a vehicle. The casing 10 is provided in its side wall with a longitudinal passage 12 opening through the upper edge of said wall and being of a width suificient to permit the butt end of a whip to be passed therethrough while the whip is disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the casing. Rising Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apnfi, 1915.

Application filed .Tuly 7', 1914. Serial No. 849,591.

from the central portion of the "bottom of I the casing 10 is a standard 13 the upper end of which is provided with a threaded longitudinal recess 1 1 in which is engaged a binding screw 15. Seated on the upper end of the standard 13 at right angles 'to the longitudinal axis of the standard is a toothed disk 16 having a central opening 17 through which the screw 15 extends. The points of the teeth of the disk 16 are disposed relativelynear the side wall of'the casing 10 and said disk is adapted to be rotated about the screw 15 when said screw is disposed out of clamping relation with respect to the disk. When the screw 15 is operated into the threaded recess 14: a sufficient distance it will be obvious that the disk 16 will be locked against rotation by the clamping action exerted thereupon by the standard 13 and screw 15.

The casing 10 is provided with an open upper end adapted to be closed by a hinged lid 18 to prevent access to the interior of the casing. This lid 18 is provided with a recess 19 in its peripheral portion which communicates at one end with the upper end of the passage 12. I

In the use of the socket under ordinary conditions the lid 18 is closed after having previously operated the screw 15 out of the recess 14 to permit free rotation of the disk 16. In applying a whip to the socket same is passed through the passage 12 to the interior of the casing 10 and between adjacent teeth of the disk 16. The whip is then moved to the opposite end of the recess 19 where it will be held until desired for further-use when it can be removed by reversing the operation just described. If it is desired to lock the whip against removal from the socket it is applied in the manner previously described and the lid 18 opened and the screw 15 operated to clamp the disk 16 against rotation. The lid 18 is then closed. With the parts thus disposed the whip will be confined between the edges of adjacent teeth of the disk 16 and the side wall of the casing 10. As the disk 16 is locked against rotation it will be obvious that the whip cannot be withdrawn through the passage 12 and as the lower portion of the whip is larger in diameter than the upper portion and tapers continuously from its What is claimed is 1. A look whip socket comprising a cylindrical casing having an open upper end and a longitudinal passage in its side wall opening through its upper end, a hinged lid for closingthe upper end of the casing and provided with a recess in its peripheral portion communicating at one end with said passage, a disk rotatably mounted in the easing in a plane at right angles to the longi tudinal axis thereof and having a plurality of peripheral recesses, and means for looking said disk against rotation.

2. A look Whip socket comprising a cylindrical casing having an open upper end and a longitudinal passage in its side wall opening through its upper end, a hinged lid for closing the upper end of the casing and provided with a recess in its peripheral portion communicating at one end with said passage, a standard rising from the bottom of the casing and having a threaded recess in its upper end, a binding screw engaged in said threaded recess, and a disk rotatable on the binding screw and having a plurality of recesses in its periphery, said disk being adapted to be locked against rotation by the operation of said binding screw into the threaded recess.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR JAMES EVANS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH MUsIL, WILLIS L. ARNOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

